Blog
July 5, 2025
The Martian and the Art of Problem-Solving Under Pressure
Using Mark Watney's systematic approach to survival on Mars to explore how physician leaders can break overwhelming problems into manageable pieces — and why calm, methodical problem-solving is a trainable skill, not just a personality trait.
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July 5, 2025
How to Give Feedback That Actually Lands
Why most feedback in academic medicine is either too vague to be useful or too harsh to be heard — and a practical framework for delivering feedback that changes behavior without damaging the relationship.
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July 3, 2025
The Coaching Conversation You Need to Have With Yourself
Before you hire a coach, you can start coaching yourself — by asking better questions, challenging your own assumptions, and getting honest about what you actually want.
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July 2, 2025
Crucial Conversations — Review for Academic Medicine
Crucial Conversations reviewed for academic medicine — a framework for high-stakes dialogue that every physician leader needs to master.
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July 1, 2025
Why Every Faculty Search Committee Needs Better Interview Training
Why most faculty search committees are winging it — asking inconsistent questions, falling prey to affinity bias, and making expensive hiring mistakes — and what simple training interventions can fix.
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July 1, 2025
The Hogan Leadership Assessment: Understanding Your Derailers
An in-depth look at the Hogan Leadership Assessment — what it measures, why physicians are susceptible to certain derailers, and how self-awareness prevents career-limiting behaviors.
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June 18, 2025
Strategic Thinking for Faculty
Strategic thinking for physicians: how to stop reacting to your career and start directing it with intention.
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June 4, 2025
Delegation for Physician Leaders
Why physician delegation is so hard and a practical approach to getting better at it in academic medicine leadership roles.
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May 21, 2025
Emotional Intelligence in Medical Leadership
Why emotional intelligence matters more than IQ for physician leaders, and how to build EQ skills in academic medicine.
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May 7, 2025
From Clinician to Administrator — Making the Transition
The identity shift from clinician to administrator that nobody prepares you for. How to navigate the transition with intention.
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April 23, 2025
Building a High-Performing Medical Team
What separates high-performing medical teams from the rest—and practical steps physician leaders can take to build one.
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April 9, 2025
Having Difficult Conversations as a Leader
A practical framework for difficult conversations physicians avoid—and why having them is the most important leadership skill you can build.
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